On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Ken Hawkins wrote: > Or some places just have STUPID architects. > > Our College had a new satellite campus built in a small town. The architect > claimed to be an expert on designing for communications equipment and > computer labs. When we went to set up all the servers and computers, we found > a server room no bigger than a broom closet, with a WATER/air cooling system > mounted ABOVE the cabinet built for the servers and hubs. There was not even > a drip tray in case of dribble leakage, let alone protection from a serious > blowout. The servers ended up occupying an empty nook next to someone's desk, > and the "server room" is an air-conditioned mop-closet. > > And this jack-ass still gets PAID to design buildings! > At my last company, the main server room -- housing multiple Sun E250s, a couple E450s, a 6500, dozens of rack mounts -- had a huge glass window on the outside wall. Maybe the same architect designed ours too. Nothing like a huge glass window (not impact proof) in a place that gets at least a few tropical storms and a couple major hurricanes every few years. Not to mention the problem of having your entire data center visible from passers-by.
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